Posted in Environmental Science, Food Technology, Language Arts, Photography, Science on July 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“A” reports from The Dragontree Garden:
Here at Dragontree we have been growing our own fruit and vegetables.
We have turnips, parsnips, blackcurrants, peas, broad beans, onions, garlic and apples, strawberries, radish, tomatoes and runner beans.
We also planted some potatoes but they didn’t grow very well. We covered them over each time they sprouted up above the [...]
Posted in Museums and Galleries, Travel and Trips on July 13, 2009 | 1 Comment »
We are always on the lookout for interesting places to visit and this was a real winner for us all.
The Roman Baths in the centre of Bath combine artefacts on display, 3D models, computer animations, audio tours and live shows with costumed characters to provide a fascinating insight into Roman Britain.
We used the audio tours [...]
Posted in Art and Design, Language Arts, Music on July 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“M” reports:
The artist Luke Jerram is responsible for the placing of 30 pianos around London.
Every piano has laminated music sheets for those rainy days and each is painted with a theme relating to the part of London it is in, along with the invitation ”play me, I’m yours”.
For more info, check out these links:
http://www.viewlondon.co.uk/whatson/street-pianos-london-feature-3079.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8114859.stm
You can [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on July 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Just back from a great study visit to London.
Jumping across the meridian at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich.
Reading Magna Carta, the log book of HMS Victory & Scott’s final diary entry at The British Library.
Becoming part of the London Sings street art with M playing Vivaldi on a piano.
Drawing our pictures at the Turner Gallery [...]
